Fears
Platform: Amiga CD32
Region: Europe
Media: CD
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Shooter - 3D - First Person
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1995
Developer: Bomb Software
Publisher: Attic, Guildhall, Manyk
Players: 1 Only
Hardware: AGA, CD32
Conversions: Also available for AGA, Amiga CD
Disks: 1
Programmer: Frederic Heintz (Gengis)
Musician: Mathieu Berthaud (Clawz)
Designer: Carlos Pardo (Made), Corentin Jaffre (Suny), Laurent Sebire (Titan), Stéphane Elbaz (HOF)
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One of the numerous Doom style games for the Amiga in the mid 90s. Like Gloom, it was published by Guildhall Leisure, who gave the Amiga a lot of time in that era.

Fears took the approach of having full-screen, though relatively low-resolution, graphics. The level landscapes feature lots of stairways and lifts, giving it a psuedo-3D feel. The game is played across 30 levels., with a level designer also included. The one-player game has 3 difficulty levels, while multi-player action is available via a null-modem cable.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/fears

[1] The English release was published by Manyk/Guildhall Leisure.

[2] According to the manual, FEARS CD32 can also be played on an A1200/4000 with CDROM drive. Additionally, the game contains a level designer and supports play via keyboard, mouse, joystick/joypad and null modem.

[3] FEARS is based on a 3D engine used in a 1994 demo produced by Bomb called "Motion: Origin 2" [Source: Amiga Demoscene Archive]. The demo was released at The Party 4 in Denmark and won 3rd place. A German review of the demo in Amiga Joker (Apr 95) can also be seen HERE: http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=pic&id=85

[4] FEARS (pre-release shareware demo) was released in Dec 1994 via Aminet (dir: game/demo/fears.lha). It was a lot more basic than the commercial version. Among other things, it only ran in a small window and the walls were green.

[5] FEARS Cheater allows users to play every level of the game plus more and is also available on Aminet (dir: game/patch/FearsCheater.lha). Interestingly, it also permits players use of bonus hidden files on the game CD, which include:

- Demos by a few of the game coders - i.e. "Real" (Complex), "A Maze In" (Digital) and "Casual" (Bomb).

- Music mods named "Jimmy Jay", "Jimmy Jay 2" and "Post Modern", which can all be saved to HD after playback.

http://hol.abime.net/513
